African American

In the 40 years since my teens (when I first encountered articles and essays like this one) I expected the world would've become better than it is now.

"Land of the free - but the skin I'm in identifies me"

Chuck D wrote it in 91 as an echo to James Brown shouting I'm Black and I'm proud in 71.

But 25 years later we have a Rich kid version George Wallace getting MORE THAN HALF of the national White male vote.

Fuck...

And today I watched another black man murdered by cops - in Baton Rouge this time - but really America is the only location needing said.

Could've been anywhere.